Comments on: No images? Weird placement?

By: Ais

Ais — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:52:21 +0000

Hi Tina, Images are a consistent problem for some people, and I've addressed the usual solutions in a couple of posts at this website: When Images Don't Show Up and No Images on WordPress Homepage? Read the articles and all of the comments below them. The answer is probably there. If it's not, you'll need to ask Michael Oeser, the creator of Branford Magazine. His website is DER-PRiNZ.com (Yes, he mixes upper and lower case in his site name.)

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:52:58 +0000

Dear Aisling and anyone who reads this page,

Thank you for your great version of Bradford magazine!
It’s my first go at WordPress and thanks to your book, which I bought some time ago, it’s been an almost painless process .
I’ve have one problem though, and I’m aware that you not supporting this theme, but maybe someone sees this and can help?
The pictures shows in the posts, but not on the index page as leadimage and featured article image. I feel quite sure that I’ve typed the right keys and values in the custom fields, but I most be missing something. But what? Does anyone have the same problem or have a clue???

I’m running wp 2.8.

Thanks for you help
Tina

By: Sites That Soar! / Ais

Sites That Soar! / Ais — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:48:07 +0000

Hi, I replied to the email address in your post (probably the default in your browser), but it bounced back. It starts “peterandj…”

Anyway…

The double forward-slash (//) in the middle of the image URL tells me that it’s a database issue. Contact your hosting service again and give them the URL of the image, with the extra forward-slashes in it. It has to be fixed by them, in the database. It’s resolving to the wrong URL.

By: Peter Safe

Peter Safe — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:54:27 +0000

Hi Ais,
I also am having challenges with custom fields not showing the image on the home page.
I am using wp2.7, and wp is loaded at /blog. I have tried all avenues, from everything in your book, to following the comments here.
I have also spoken with the web host and they seem confused that it is a server fault! I am not big on PHP but seems to be learning fast!
When I put the cursor over the blank image site the code is as it should be, however when I look at the source I see
“http://traxashore.com/blog//home/trax/public_html/traxashore/blog/wp-content/uploads/uploads/2008/12/sts-75w.jpg” – with the //home/ in the middle.

I would love to know where your reader ‘Greg’ found this:
“So I pursued it further, and got oriented to this page in the WordPress wp-admin page:
Settings > Miscellaneous
In there, there’s a variable called “Uploading” (Store uploads in this folder)”

I have searched through cpanel, and the wp install on my site and havent been able to find such files.

Thank you for such a great book. I am looking forward to the next edition.

Cheers

Peter

By: Sites That Soar! / Ais

Sites That Soar! / Ais — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:59:44 +0000

In most cases, the advice in this article solves the problem. If it doesn’t most people seem to need help from their hosting services; it’s a server issue, not a WordPress issue, per se.

I wish I could be more helpful, but if the image link shows the correct path, the problem is probably at the server level. Somehow, your WP database isn’t communicating with the WP files.

(The only exception is, if you’re working offline and haven’t uploaded your images to the server yet, your computer may be looking for files in the wrong places.)

If the image link shows a weird chain of files — such as two sections starting “http” — then it is definitely a server issue.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In almost every case, this problem occurs ONLY with people who have installed WP in their root directory. That is, your WordPress homepage is in http://www.yoursite.com/ instead of http://yoursite.com/yourwordpressdirectory/

The server needs to be reconfigured to know where to find the additional files. Contact your hosting service if this is what’s going on.

By: Peter Blake

Peter Blake — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:35:22 +0000

Hi Aisling,
I sent an e mail earlier today about the above subject, not knowing it was already mentioned above. I’ve now tried everything above (and followed your instructions in your book) and still no images are appearing for featuredarticles. To reiterate my WP version is 2.6.2 I am building the site off line on my local host using Wampserver.

Have you had this problem?

By: Anke Heisel

Anke Heisel — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:07:29 +0000

Hallo Aisling,
your book is really great and is very helpful. So far the site looks quite good. Now I have exactly the problem described on top. I have gone forward according to your recommendation and have begun with the complete Path and have extinguished successive ones. Without success. The pictures exist in the post, however, are not indicated as a Lead or featured image.The right click on the pictures show the right path, but no image. Is there a problem with the user-defined fields in WP 2.5? Is there a change in the Theme? Unfortunately, the Support forum is closed by Michael Oeser at the moment. Do you still have an idea? You find the half-done site under: http://www.galvanoforce.com
greeting Anke
PS some more books like yours would develop the using of web 2.0

By: Freddie

Freddie — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:14:32 +0000

Thank you for the shout out and the help!

You were awesome and really assisted me through this issue.

We made it happen!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:27:34 +0000

Hi Aisling;

I cracked the images issue.
It’s truly an oddity!

By placing my mouse on the broken images and right-clicking I looked at the “Element properties.”
This showed me that the path was wrong.

(It was
http://whispersinastorm.com//home/hercell/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/leadimg01.jpg
instead of
http://whispersinastorm.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/leadimg01.jpg)

I went back and forth with emails to my Hosting provider.
They made some changes to the PHP and made the path work.
But when I asked them how they solved it, they told me that they had done it through phpAdmin, a utility within my cPanel (hosting interface.) That did not help, as I’m not PHP-savvy.

So I pursued it further, and got oriented to this page in the WordPress wp-admin page:
Settings > Miscellaneous
In there, there’s a variable called “Uploading” (Store uploads in this folder)

Ok. Now, this variable needs to be wp-contents/uploads

And I know what you’re going to say, it IS wp-contents/uploads by default!
So, what now?
Well, I changed the path to bananas/uploads, saved, then changed it again back to wp-contents/uploads
AND THEN IT WORKED.

Strange but true.

Anyway, I’m hoping this will help others as well.

Best,
Greg

PS: Now all my images are displaying, I’m back to full enthusiasm and going full steam ahead with the blog. Thanks for your cool eBook and all your help!